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speedyink · 12-16-2008, 10:24 PM

This is just a case of it technically being illegal because of some bullshit rule that some executive thought of so be smarmy and clear all the loopholes. The reality? It causes many angry people, more money for microsoft, as it makes them have to reship the product to the customer, creates more waste, energy and materials for the packaging is needed.

To answer your question, yes, going by the set rule by microsoft, it is illegal. However, in a logical view standpoint, it saves time, money and energy to do it anyway.

12-16-2008, 10:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
speedyink Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Isl, BC Age: 22 Posts: 3,036	This is just a case of it technically being illegal because of some bullshit rule that some executive thought of so be smarmy and clear all the loopholes. The reality? It causes many angry people, more money for microsoft, as it makes them have to reship the product to the customer, creates more waste, energy and materials for the packaging is needed. To answer your question, yes, going by the set rule by microsoft, it is illegal. However, in a logical view standpoint, it saves time, money and energy to do it anyway. __________________ Acer AM5100/Acer 6920G/Asus EEE 900HA AMD Phenom X4 9500 2.2GHZ/C2D T8300 @ 2.4ghz/Atom 1.6ghz 8GB DDR2 RAM/4GB DDR2 Ram/2GB DDR2 1TB HDD/320GB HDD/250 GB 512mb GeForce 8800GTS/512mb Geforce 9500M GS/Intel GMA 950 32" Viewsonic 1360x768/16" 1920x1080/8.9" 1024x600 Win 7 Ultimate all round My Deviantart